As I continue to write about juku, supplementary education more general, and other topics, I will begin to keep a glossary of terms that I will be using regularly.<\/p>\n
Abbreviations<\/strong><\/p>\n MEXT or Ministry of Education = (Japanese) Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology<\/p>\n PISA = OECD Programme for International Student Assessment<\/p>\n SME = small and medium enterprise<\/p>\n Japanese Terms in English<\/strong><\/p>\n gakush\u00fbjuku [\u5b66\u7fd2\u587e] = juku focused on academic subjects<\/p>\n gaky\u00fbh\u00f4kai [\u5b66\u7d1a\u5d29\u58ca] = breakdown of classrooms<\/p>\n hogosha [\u4fdd\u8b77\u8005] = guardian<\/p>\n hosh\u00fb [\u88dc\u7fd2] = remedial tutoring, cf. shingaku<\/p>\n juku [\u587e] = private education institution, I mostly use this to refer to for-profit education businesses teaching academic subjects, see gakush\u00fbjuku<\/p>\n jukuch\u00f4 [\u587e\u9577] = juku operator, principal<\/p>\n kobetsushid\u00f4 [\u500b\u5225\u6307\u5c0e] = individualized instruction<\/p>\n k\u00f4hai [\u5f8c\u8f29] = younger\/junior student, club member, co-worked<\/p>\n kojinjuku [\u500b\u4eba\u587e] = owner-operated juku<\/p>\n k\u00f4naijuku [\u6821\u5185\u587e] = juku within (state-recognized) school<\/p>\n \u00f4teijuku [\u5927\u624b\u587e] = corporate juku<\/p>\n sempai [\u5148\u8f29] = older\/senior student, club member, co-worker<\/p>\n shingaku [\u9032\u5b66] = accelerated or enriched instruction, cf. hosh\u00fb<\/p>\n yobik\u00f4 [\u4e88\u5099\u6821] = juku that specifically prepares for university entrance examinations<\/p>\n yutori (ky\u00f4iku)<\/a> [\u3086\u3068\u308a\u6559\u80b2]<\/p>\n Other Foreign Terms<\/strong><\/p>\n buxiban<\/a> [chn. \u88dc\u7fd2\u73ed]<\/p>\n cursinho<\/a> [port.]<\/p>\n hagwon<\/a> [kor. \ud559\uc6d0]<\/p>\n Nachhilfe [ger.] = remedial tutoring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I continue to write about juku, supplementary education more general, and other topics, I will begin to keep a glossary of terms that I will be using regularly. Abbreviations MEXT or Ministry of Education = (Japanese) Ministry of Education, … Continue reading